The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) has just posted better footage of Deepstaria, The scyphomedusa Deepstaria is certainly odd, with its bag-like appearance, and bell that can open more than a meter wide. Speculation on the identity of a mystery blob of has become a YouTube sensation, sparking heated and entertaining debates over . . . → Read More: Better and New Video of the Enigmatic Placental Jellyfish
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By Dr. M, on  May 16th, 2012  3 comments  Biodiversity  Deepstaria, jellyfish, MBARI, placenta, scyphomedusa, Steve Haddock, Youtube By Dr. M, on May 9th, 2012 49 comments Biodiversity, Zooplankton Cnidaria, deep sea, Deepstaria enigmatica, gonad, jellyfish, pelagic, ROV Yesterday the DSN crew first saw the video above. What is this large floating sheet of goo? Is it alive? Was it once alive? The two leading contenders seems to be that it is A) an old whale placenta or B) a rare and enigmatic deep-sea jellyfish. And the answer is…. B) A) So why is . . . → Read More: Solving the Mystery of the Placental Jellyfish
By para_sight, on October 19th, 2011 31 comments Education, Invertebrate Wars, Opinion, Weird jellyfish, sea jellies, Sea Stars, starfish, the pointlessness of trying to mandate common names 
Staring into one of the aquarium’s exhibits “I like these new Mastigias jellyfish”, I said, absently. “Sea jelly”, my colleague corrected (with a certain smugness, I might add). “I beg your pardon?” I replied. “Sea jelly. They’re sea jellies now.” “Oh, are they?” “Yes, like sea stars.” “I’m sorry?” “Sea stars.” “Jellyfish are like sea . . . → Read More: On common names
By Kevin Zelnio, on August 18th, 2011 4 comments Adaptations, Invertebrate Wars Flower Hat Jelly, Jellies, jellyfish, NEAQ, New England Aquarium, Olindias formosa Some cool pics and the video (below) from the NEAq’s Exhibit Galleries Blog on Flower Hat Jellies (Olindias formosa, one of my favs!). Head there to learn more! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Some cool pics and the video (below) from the NEAq’s Exhibit Galleries Blog on Flower Hat Jellies (Olindias formosa, one of my favs!). Head there to learn more! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet By Dr Bik, on June 14th, 2011 One comment Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation & Environment, Invertebrate Wars, Microbes, Uncategorized Bacteria, climate change, human impact, jellyfish, Microbes Mufasa was right. We’re all intertwined. Whether we humans like to admit it or not, every action by a living organism on Earth has repercussions. (And yes, you can lump in viruses and prions because I’m not getting into a philosophical debate about what constitutes ‘living’). Run, Harry! You don't want to catch Irukandji syndrome!!! . . . → Read More: The Circle of Life (and how Jellyfish screw it up)
From the MBARI YouTube page: By all accounts, jellyfish are creatures that kill people, eat microbes, grow to tens of meters, filter phytoplankton, take over ecosystems, and live forever. Because of the immense diversity of gelatinous plankton, jelly-like creatures can individually have each of these properties. However this way of looking at them both . . . → Read More: There’s No Such Thing as a Jellyfish
By Dr. M, on October 31st, 2010 4 comments Biodiversity, Critters, Life Science giants, jellyfish, Stygiomedusa Although first collected in 1901 and scientifically described in 1910, the giant jellyfish, Stygiomedusa gigantea, is rarely collected or seen. It is likely one of the largest invertebrate predators currently in the ocean. Current size estimates put the bell diameter around 0.5-0.75 meters and the tentacles at about ~10 meters in length. via YouTube – Rare Monster Jellyfish Caught on Tape. . . . → Read More: Rare Giant Jellyfish Caught on Video
By Kevin Zelnio, on July 23rd, 2010 7 comments Adaptations Best of Zelnio, Cyanea, Hydra, jellyfish, Lion's Mane, nematocyst, Tentacle Photo from Dan Herschman's Flickr Stream (Click on Image). A link from one of readers (thanks Ashley!) pointed us to a story on MSNBC about a very large Lion’s Mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) that broke apart and stung up to 100 people on a New Hampshire beach last Wednesday. Lion’s Manes can get very big, . . . → Read More: Jellyfish: Pretty from a Distance
By Kevin Zelnio, on June 21st, 2010 4 comments Biodiversity, Bringin' It Examiner, holothurian, jellyfish, Oil Spill, Sea Cucumber Do I really need to point out the error here? At least they got it down to Kingdom correctly… Click on the image to go to the original article. UPDATE: The critter is a pelagic sea cucumber, phylum Echinodermata, genus Enypniastes which is #20 on our list The 27 Best Deep-Sea Species. I can’t . . . → Read More: Examiner Taxonomy FAIL
By Kevin Zelnio, on May 26th, 2010 4 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Scientist! jelly, jellyfish, KQED, PBS A fantastic KQED QUEST video on jellies starring Chad Widmer of the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Steve Haddock of MBARI! QUEST on KQED Public Media. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}A fantastic KQED QUEST video on jellies starring Chad Widmer of the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Steve Haddock of MBARI! QUEST on KQED Public Media. Broadcast . . . → Read More: “Jellies Are As Elegant As They Are Squishy”
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